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NAME

       SoTabPlaneDragger  — object you can translate or scale within a plane by dragging with the
       mouse

INHERITS FROM

       SoBase  >  SoFieldContainer  >  SoNode  >  SoBaseKit  >  SoInteractionKit  >  SoDragger  >
       SoTabPlaneDragger

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/draggers/SoTabPlaneDragger.h>

          Fields from class SoTabPlaneDragger:

     SoSFVec3f           scaleFactor
     SoSFVec3f           translation

          Fields from class SoDragger:

     SoSFBool            isActive

          Fields from class SoInteractionKit:

     SoSFEnum            renderCaching
     SoSFEnum            boundingBoxCaching
     SoSFEnum            renderCulling
     SoSFEnum            pickCulling

          Parts from class SoBaseKit:

     (SoNodeKitListPart)  callbackList

          Methods from class SoTabPlaneDragger:

                         SoTabPlaneDragger()
     void                adjustScaleTabSize()
     static const SoNodekitCatalog *
                         getClassNodekitCatalog() const
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()

          Methods from class SoDragger:

     void                addStartCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                removeStartCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                addMotionCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                removeMotionCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                addFinishCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                removeFinishCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                addValueChangedCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     void                removeValueChangedCallback(SoDraggerCB *f, void *userData = NULL)
     SbBool              enableValueChangedCallbacks()
     void                setMinGesture(int pixels)
     int                 getMinGesture() const
     static void         setMinScale(float newMinScale)
     static float        getMinScale()

          Methods from class SoInteractionKit:

     virtual SbBool      setPartAsPath(const SbName &partName, SoPath *surrogatePath )

          Methods from class SoBaseKit:

     virtual const SoNodekitCatalog *
                              getNodekitCatalog() const
     virtual SoNode *         getPart(const SbName &partName, SbBool makeIfNeeded)
     SbString                 getPartString(const SoBase *part)
     virtual SoNodeKitPath *  createPathToPart(const SbName &partName, SbBool makeIfNeeded, const
                                   SoPath *pathToExtend = NULL)
     virtual SbBool           setPart(const SbName &partName, SoNode *newPart)
     SbBool                   set(char *partName, char *parameters)
     SbBool                   set(char *nameValuePairs)
     static SbBool            isSearchingChildren()
     static void              setSearchingChildren(SbBool newVal)

          Methods from class SoNode:

     void                setOverride(SbBool state)
     SbBool              isOverride() const
     SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
     virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
     static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
     static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)

          Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

     void                setToDefaults()
     SbBool              hasDefaultValues() const
     SbBool              fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
     void                copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer  *fc,  SbBool  copyConnections  =
                              FALSE)
     void                get(SbString &fieldDataString)
     virtual int         getFields(SoFieldList &resultList) const
     virtual SoField *   getField(const SbName &fieldName) const
     SbBool              getFieldName(const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName) const
     SbBool              isNotifyEnabled() const
     SbBool              enableNotify(SbBool flag)

          Methods from class SoBase:

     void                ref()
     void                unref() const
     void                unrefNoDelete() const
     void                touch()
     virtual SoType      getTypeId() const
     SbBool              isOfType(SoType type) const
     virtual void        setName(const SbName &name)
     virtual SbName      getName() const

          Macros from class SoBaseKit:

     SO_GET_PART(kit, partName, partClass)
     SO_CHECK_PART(kit, partName, partClass)

DESCRIPTION

       SoTabPlaneDragger  is a dragger which allows the user to interactively translate and scale
       in a plane. It looks like a square white outline with smaller green squares (or tabs)  set
       in the corners and along the center of each edge. Dragging a corner tab scales the dragger
       in 2D by scaling about the opposite corner. Dragging an edge tab performs 1D scaling about
       the  opposite  edge.  The  rest  of  the  dragger  is invisible but pickable; selecting it
       initiates translation within the plane.

       The dragger tries to keep the small tabs a constant size in screen  space.  Every  time  a
       drag begins or ends, the size is recalculated based on the viewing and modeling matrix.

       When  dragging  the translator part, press the <Shift> key and you can constrain motion to
       either the local x axis or the y axis. The direction is determined by your  initial  mouse
       gesture after pressing the key.  Releasing the key removes the constraint.

       When  the  translator  part  drags, the dragger updates its translation field. The various
       scaling parts cause changes to both the scaleFactor and translation field,  since  scaling
       about  a point other than the center adds translation to the center of the dragger. If you
       set the field, the dragger will move accordingly. You can also  connect  fields  of  other
       nodes or engines from this one to make them follow the dragger's motion.

       You  can  not  change the shape used to draw the tabs. This part is kept privately and may
       not be changed; the coordinates for the tabs are edited during adjustScaleTabSize().

       The  SoTabPlaneDragger  class  does  contain   three   other   parts   you   can   change:
       tabPlaneTranslator, tabPlaneScaleTabMaterial and tabPlaneScaleTabHints.

       Each of these is set by default from a resource described in the Dragger Resources section
       of the online reference page for this class. You can change the parts in any  instance  of
       this dragger using setPart().

       You  can  make  your  program use different default resources for the parts by copying the
       file /usr/share/data/draggerDefaults/tabPlaneDragger.iv into your own  directory,  editing
       the  file,  and  then setting the environment variable SO_DRAGGER_DIR to be a path to that
       directory.

FIELDS

     SoSFVec3f           scaleFactor
          Scale factor affecting the dragger.

     SoSFVec3f           translation
          Position of the dragger.

METHODS

                         SoTabPlaneDragger()
          Constructor.

     void                adjustScaleTabSize()
          Cause the scale tab sizes to be re-adjusted so that they remain a near constant  screen
          space  size.  This  happens  automatically upon dragger finish. Call this to adjust the
          scale tab sizes at other times, for instance after the camera has changed in  a  viewer
          finish callback.

     static const SoNodekitCatalog *
                         getClassNodekitCatalog() const
          Returns an SoNodekitCatalog for this class

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
          Returns type identifier for this class.

CATALOG PARTS

       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │                         All parts                          │
       │                                                    NULL by │
       │Part Name          Part Type         Default Type   Default │
       │                                                            │
       │callbackList       NodeKitListPart   --               yes   │
       │translator         Separator         --               yes   │
       │scaleTabMaterial   Material          --               yes   │
       │scaleTabHints      ShapeHints        --               yes   │
       │                                                            │
       └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │      Extra information for list parts from above table        │
       │                                                               │
       │Part Name      Container Type   Permissible Types              │
       │                                                               │
       │callbackList   Separator        Callback, EventCallback        │
       │                                                               │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

DRAGGER RESOURCES

       .in 0n+.5i
     Resource:         tabPlaneTranslator
       .in 0n+.5i
     Part:             translator
     Appearance:       Outline of a Square. The region within it is pickable
     Description:      Begins translation within the plane

                         .in 0n+.5i
     Resource:         tabPlaneScaleTabMaterial
                         .in 0n+.5i
     Part:             scaleTabMaterial
     Appearance:       Green - half diffuse, half emissive.
     Description:      Used as material for scaling tabs.

                         .in 0n+.5i
     Resource:         tabPlaneScaleTabHints
                         .in 0n+.5i
     Part:             scaleTabHints
     Appearance:       shapeHints node:COUNTERCLOCKWISE/SOLID/CONVEX
     Description:      Property for the tab nodes.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS

       TabPlaneDragger {
          renderCaching       AUTO
          boundingBoxCaching  AUTO
          renderCulling       AUTO
          pickCulling         AUTO
          isActive            FALSE
          translation         0 0 0
          scaleFactor         1 1 1
          callbackList        NULL
          translator          <tabPlaneTranslator resource>
          scaleTabMaterial    <tabPlaneScaleTabMaterial resource>
          scaleTabHints       <tabPlaneScaleTabHints resource>
     }

SEE ALSO

       SoInteractionKit,      SoDragger,      SoCenterballDragger,     SoDirectionalLightDragger,
       SoDragPointDragger,      SoHandleBoxDragger,      SoJackDragger,      SoPointLightDragger,
       SoRotateCylindricalDragger,         SoRotateDiscDragger,         SoRotateSphericalDragger,
       SoScale1Dragger,    SoScale2Dragger,    SoScale2UniformDragger,     SoScaleUniformDragger,
       SoSpotLightDragger,     SoTabBoxDragger,     SoTrackballDragger,    SoTransformBoxDragger,
       SoTransformerDragger, SoTranslate1Dragger, SoTranslate2Dragger

                                                                         SoTabPlaneDragger(3IV)()